Wednesday, September 9, 2026

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Tina wanted another baby. She also needed an abortion. Texas made...

She endured eight hysteroscopies and years of IVF, turning to surrogacy to grow her family. When she unexpectedly became pregnant herself, the state's abortion ban made her next decision far more complicated.

Missouri Republicans Are Trying to Repeal Abortion Rights by Leaning Into...

Two years after falsely linking reproductive rights to gender transition care for minors, GOP lawmakers have packaged the two issues into one amendment in an effort to strip away the right to abortion.

Supreme Court preserves nationwide access to abortion pill mifepristone by mail

The justices' decision will block a previous ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which would require patients to obtain the medication only in-person from a physician.

A ‘striking’ trend: After Texas banned abortion, more women nearly bled...

A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.

SCOTUS opinion says states can block Medicaid money for health services...

Justice Neil Gorsuch and five other justices found that "while Medicaid law allows people choose their own provider, that does not make it a right enforceable in court in the case."

Three months after Missouri voted to make abortion legal, access is...

Are anti-abortion lawmakers strategizing to prevent a return of abortion services?

Maryland enshrines abortion rights in Constitution after overwhelming voter approval

Maryland becomes a leader in reproductive rights by enshrining abortion access in its constitution.

Reproductive justice organizers in the South are finding new ways to...

A part of the reproductive justice framework and the driving force is to keep families together, independent of government control. 

A third woman died under Texas’ abortion ban. Doctors are avoiding...

Some said it raises serious questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to diverge from the standard of care and reach for less-effective options that could expose their patients to more risks.

Voters across US decide future of abortion rights, passing measures in...

"Every victory counts, and every setback is a reminder of the work that remains to secure bodily autonomy for all Americans.”

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Trump EPA proposes rule that would strip protection from most US streams and wetlands

Environmental groups say the rule would eliminate protection for most freshwater wetlands nationwide.
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How the Loser-in-chief sabotages the midterm – better a trumped up martyr than disaster-driven...

Haranguing, bonkers and beset,/ “Victim” Trump makes his riskiest bet.
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Federal judge blocks Trump administration rule restricting mail ballots

The order covers the November election, months after Trump signed an executive order targeting how ballots move through the mail
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Diesel hits record .90 a gallon as Republicans brace for midterm fallout

Republican strategists are bracing for the political fallout two months before the midterm elections.